Wednesday, December 28, 2016

One of my friends was out of town for Christmas so I said I would stop by her house and feed her three cats. The tuxedo cat is Marcel who has been very sick (kidney failure). My friend adopted Marcel a few months before I adopted Theo so he's been Theo's doppelganger. Marcel's eyes are closer together so I've always thought he looked a bit smarter than Theo but hearing some of the stories about him, I'm not sure that's true.

The other cat in the picture is Fiona who moved into her forever home just a few months ago. She and her brother still have a lot of kitten energy. Fiona has had some behavioral issues when her human isn't home (peeing in inappropriate places) so she and her brother Leo get locked in a room when her human isn't home. This was the most difficult part of my catsitting duties- rounding Fiona and Leo up to put them in their room. As I told my friend, it was a little like herding cats.

Thursday, December 22, 2016

Over the weekend the temperatures were subzero. Yesterday it got up to nearly 40 degrees Fahrenheit. That's a fifty degree swing in a couple of days. Thompson wanted to know why we are crazy enough to live in this neck of the woods. (Although he's glad to have a comfy place to call home these past 13 years as opposed to his first year when he was a feral cat).

Friday, December 09, 2016

My favorite moment in my favorite sitcom, "Louie" comes when Louie bumps into a doctor (played by the great Charles Grodin) and asks for some relationship advice. The doctor is walking his three-legged dog. He asks Louie how many legs the dog has and Louie says, "three" with a puzzled look on his face. The doctor corrects Louie and tells him the answer is "he has plenty." The doctor then asks Louie, "do you know the only thing happier than a three-legged dog?" Louie shrugs. "A four-legged dog." You can view the wonderful scene here.

Thursday, December 08, 2016

Whenever I bring the trash out to the outside garbage container, I say to Diego-san (who always supervises the collection process), "It's time to bring out the trash... No, I'm not taking Theo out..." This always seems to disappoint Diego-san.

Wednesday, December 07, 2016

Diego-san heard through the catvine that during this time of year other homes bring in a tree decorated by objects for their cats to swat and play around with. He's wondering why our house has never done that.